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THE ENTRANCE TO 


St. Albans 


THE NATIONAL CATHEDRAL 
SCHOOL FOR BOYS 


This booklet is intended as a supplement to the catalogue and shows more of 
the student life and recreation. It reveals more intimately how a boy spends 
the hours of the day outside of the classroom. The pictures themselves are 


evidence of why St. Albans is rightly called “The School of Personal Interest.” 


1914 


E. L. GREGG, Headmaster 
MOUNT ST. ALBAN, WASHINGTON, D. C. 


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St. Albans 


I’. ALBANS is midway between a large school 
and a small school; it is large enough to give each 
pupil a wide circle of friends of “the same age, 

from different parts of the country, yet small enough 
to permit the individual development of each boy, in 
all the interests of a boy, whether physical, mental or 
moral. It has been rightly called “The School of Per- 
sonal Interest.” Its life is that of a large family, in 
happy, healthful surroundings, with separate interests 
unified by the common purpose of individual develop- 
ment. 


Nothing that concerns the welfare and happiness 
of a boy is overlooked. As far as possible we live as 
one large family; not a thing is permitted to exist which 
might tend to lessen a boy’s appreciation of his own 
home life. A boy’s own friends and family are always 
welcome; we encourage parents to visit their sons rather 
than to send for them to come home, for such absence 
from school duties is always a serious educational handi- 
cap to a boy. 


The boys have more than a comfortable home. ‘The 
beautiful Lane-Johnston Building, large enough for 
sixty boarding pupils, is nevertheless homelike in its 
appointments. The whole atmosphere is dignified. Care 
has been taken to avoid any appearance of luxury, but 
otherwise no expense has been spared to equip the build- 
ing so that the very rooms themselves may have a good 
influence, restful as well as artistic, on all the students. 


A. few of the older boys have separate rooms, but 
most of the boys sleep in the dormitories, where each boy 
has an alcove or small enclosure, partitioned and cur- 
tained from the main room; here are his bed, dressing 
stand and personal belongings. ‘The privacy of each 
aleove is undisturbed. As the partitions do not extend 
halfway to the ceiling, all the boys enjoy the wholesome 
ventilation of the large room. 


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Having provided comfortable seernte quarters, our 
next care is the food. The tasteful furniture and appoint- 
ments of the dining room, facing the east, are themselves 
a great incentive to appetite and good manners. And 
the food is most carefully chosen ‘and prepared. It is 
really a pleasure to join the boys in a meal, for their 
natural cravings are so perfectly satisfied without im- 
moderation or unwise diet. 


Ample provision is also made for the few leisure 
hours that must be passed indoors. There are special 
rooms for musical.and dramatic clubs, and best of all 
a large Common Room where easy chairs, benches and 
tables tempt one to loaf over the magazines and period- 
icals. 


If a boy should feel sick, he is immediately isolated 
in the perfectly equipped hospital wing, where under 
the School Physician and constant care of the trained 
nurse he has every possible assistance to a quick regain- 
ing of normal health. So far we have been singularly 
fortunate. Our outdoor life, well-directed physical exer- 
cises, regularity of habits and extr eme watchfulness have 
been helpful in preventing sickness. 


The classrooms, study hall, laboratories and course 
of study have all been most carefully designed to fulfill 
the purpose of an all-round education. 


But all our life tends to lift a boy above the narrow 
confines of classroom to the broader horizon of life. 


Our situation at the National Capital is a remark- 
able advantage. Frequent visits to Congress and the 
Public Buildings soon familiarize our boys with history 
in its making. Government is seen in all its pulsing 
activity. 


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THE CAPITOL 
From the archway of the Little Sanctuary, which is used as the School Chapel. 


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And from time to time, men who have made their 
mark in national life visit ihe School to tell our boys of 
their work. 


Once a month dances are held—in fact, ever ything 
is done to carry out our ideal of the all- round develop- 
ment of the boy. 


Outdoors the equipment is even more noticeable 
because it appeals straight to the heart of a boy. The 
Cathedral Close includes forty-five acres, of which 
twenty-five acres are set aside for the use of our School; 
and these grounds are so varied in their quality and 
development that they seem even larger. Woods, lawns, 
ravines, rolling hill and steep slope lend a variety to the 
grounds that precludes the possibility of monotony, and 
lure the boys to all forms of unorganized outdoor play. 


For more formal sports, there is Satterlee Field— 
as perfect an athletic field as any American school pos- 
sesses. A fast quarter-mile track circles the baseball and 
football field. Here the boys gather daily in carefully 
graded groups for sports suited to their age and develop- 
ment. First each boy 1s carefully examined physically, 
and no one is allowed to engage in any branch of sport 
for which he is not physically fit. For boys who are 
abnormal in development special gymnastic exercises 
are prescribed. And all sports of all boys from the 
youngest to the oldest are carefully supervised. Games 
are so regulated that each boy has a part to play. The 
School teams are not built on the sacrifices of the major- 
ity of the boys. Particular attention is paid to track 
sports which permit every boy to participate without 
undue demands. Our motto is, sport for sport’s sake 
and not winning at any price. The thoroughness of our 
training and our spirit of unity have frequently given us 
victories over schools of much larger numbers. We are, 
however, prouder of the physical growth and develop- 


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ment of the average boy than of the medals and banners 
of a star player or contestant. The illustrations show 
how completely we interest every boy in some sport. 


And finally there is decidedly a reverent spirit about 
the School—not a spirit of sectarianism, nor of over- 
emotional religion, but natural appreciation of God in 
His provision for the people of this world. The simple, 
short services for Morning and Evening Prayer are long 
remembered by all visitors, and longer by the boys them- 
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Though young in years, St. Albans is founded on 
the best traditions; too young to be in a rut; too con- 
servative to be flighty in purpose or method. It is a con- 
tinuation of the best of the old and the most promising 
of the new. 


THE DINING ROOM 


This is also used for lectures, dances, musicals and other similar enter- 
tainments. 


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THE PEACE CROSS 


This Cross was erected in the historic year 1898 to mark the founding of the 
Cathedral. The dedication exercises were attended by Congress- 
men, diplomats, members of Cabinet and many others. 
President McKinley made the chief address. 


THE PEACE CROSS AND THE SUN-DIAL 


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GLATSONBURY THORN 


In the circle east of All Hallows Gate and in front of the School is the 
Glastonbury Thorn, a gift of Mr. Stanley Austin and an offshoot from the 
celebrated thorn tree with which so many legends are connected, known 
as the Holy Thorn of Glastonbury. One of the legends of the Glastonbury 
Thorn is that it sprang from the staff of Joseph of Arimathea, who was 
sent by the Apostle Philip to preach the Gospel in Britain. On reaching 
Yniswitrin, afterwards called Glastonbury, he stuck his staff in the ground 
to indicate that he meant to stay there, and the staff put forth leaves and 
branches, and every year on Christmas it blossoms. 

King Arthur, one of Britain’s greatest kings, around whose name are 
gathered the stories of the Round Table and the search for the Holy Grail, 
was buried, A.D. 532, at Glastonbury. 


PICNIC LUNCHEON 
In the woods back of the School. 


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BACCALAUREATE EXERCISES 


Almost all the Commencement exercises are held in this open-air audito- 
rium in front of the Peace Cross, with sky for ceiling, 
t trees for walls, and lawn as carpet. 


ACROSS THE CAMPUS 
The Peace Cross Little Sanctuary Lane-Johnston Building 


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The smaller boys enjoying the winter sports on the few days of snow that 
Washington has, 


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FOOTBALL SQUAD 


A GROUP OF FOOTBALL MIDGETS 


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CORNER OF AN ALCOVE HS h iE EDs DAY hROPE LES 
Showing a boy’s dormitory room 


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BASKETBALL TEAM ON SCHOOL STEPS 


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ORCHESTRA, 1912 


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The following pages of Track Sports show how carefully we develop 
each boy in the particular work best suited to him. This early training in 
athletics is of inestimable advantage to boys when they go to college, as it 
enables them to enter at once into the wider interests of college athletic life. 


LONG-DISTANCE EVENTS 


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DASHES ON FIELD DAY 


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STARTING AND FINISHING ON FIELD DAY 


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AWARDING PRIZES 


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RUNNING BROAD JUMPS 


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PULTINGSL BE SSHOL 


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TWO VIEWS OF OUR 1913 VICTORIOUS RELAY TEAM 


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